XET-AM
Broadcast areaMonterrey
Frequency990 AM
BrandingLa T Grande
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
FormatNews, soap operas, Regional Mexican
Ownership
Owner
XEAW-AM; XENL-AM; XHERG-FM; XET-FM; XETKR-AM; XHFMTU-FM; XHJD-FM; XHPAG-FM; XHPJ-FM; XHAW-FM; XHITS-FM
TV: XHAW-TDT
History
First air date
March 19, 1930 (1930-03-19)[2]
Technical information
ClassB
Power20.000 watts[1]
Transmitter coordinates
25°38′48.8″N 100°18′46.7″W / 25.646889°N 100.312972°W / 25.646889; -100.312972[3]
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.mmradio.com/radio/programas/la-t-grande-xet-990-am-monterrey

XET-AM, nicknamed La T Grande, is a commercial AM radio station on 990 kHz at Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.[1] It is part of Multimedios Radio's Monterrey station cluster. The transmitter is located in San Nicolás de los Garza, near Monterrey.[4]

History

XET went on the air in March 1930 as Monterrey's second radio station after XEH. It was founded by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta.[5] and eventually became a border blaster targeting the United States in English with a 50,000 watt signal. Studios were located at Galeana and Hidalgo streets. In the 2000s, it reduced its power to 20,000 watts. Azcárraga later sold the station to Cervecería Cuauhtémoc.

The Carter Family worked at the station in its early years, performing their country music and bluegrass music. As the station could be heard at night in the parts of the United States, XET helped the Carter Family's music became well-known. In February 1939, over the air live, Sara Carter dedicated the song I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes to her long-lost boyfriend Coy Bayes. On February 20, 1939, Sara Carter and Coy Bayes married at Brackettville, Texas.[2]

In the 1970s, Grupo Estrellas de Oro, the predecessor to Multimedios Radio, acquired XET.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-07-02. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. ^ a b Fowler, Gene; Crawford, Bill (2002). Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves (Revised ed.). Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. p. 203. ISBN 0-292-72538-8.
  3. ^ RPC: Change in Transmitter Location - XET-AM
  4. ^ FCCdata.org/XET-AM
  5. ^ de la G, Enrique G. de la (December 4, 2011). "XELA: Crónica de una muerte". Letras Libres (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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